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Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.<\/p>\nSome of the events in June at the Museum are: Fantastical Patterns: Brenda Buffett: Explored Movement, Interpreting the Familiar: The Art of Hattie Marshall Duncan, Nathaniel Mather: Stories Through Color, Exquisite Miniatures.<\/p>\n
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Exhibits<\/h3>\n
Brenda Buffett: Explored Movement<\/strong> Brenda Buffett – Espadrilles<\/p><\/div>\n A graduate of O’More College of Design with a degree in Fine Arts, Brenda Buffett’s paintings are colorful acrylic abstracts. The paintings are full of movement, and are inspired by the Nashville music scene, the urban landscape, and the images of a growing city. This exhibition is sponsored in part by Nashville Arts Magazine.<\/p>\n Interpreting the Familiar: The Art of Hattie Marshall Duncan<\/strong> Hattie Marshall Duncan<\/p><\/div>\n African American folk sculptor Hattie Marshall Duncan creates expressive sculpture that offers a loving, humorous portrayal of her hometown community in Jackson, Tennessee. She uses common household items such as wire hangers, plastic bottles and old stockings to build the frames.<\/p>\n After molding the figures, she adds texture and detail by applying coffee grounds for hair, pine cones for hats, and broken egg shells for clothing.<\/p>\n World in Wood: The Folk Art of Herbert Baggett<\/strong> Wooden figures by Tennessee artist Frank Baggett are on display. These objects are from the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [320center]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tennessee Watercolor Society 2018 Biennial Exhibition<\/strong> The Tennessee Watercolor Society will open its 36th Juried Exhibition of water media paintings on paper at the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center on Saturday, May 12th. Sixty works have been selected for display by juror and artist Lian Quan Zhen. Following its run at the Customs House, a selection of 30 paintings will continue across Tennessee as a traveling exhibit for the duration of 2018, stopping at three gallery venues including a final show at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n Nathaniel Mather: Stories Through Color<\/strong> Nathaniel Mather – Conversation<\/p><\/div>\n The paintings of Nathaniel Mather, in their shallow spaces, childlike renderings of animals, flowers, and rough-edged patches of color are done in water medium materials on canvas and board. Born and raised in California, Nathaniel works in Nashville as an artist and illustrator.<\/p>\n Exquisite Miniatures<\/strong> Wes and Rachelle Siegrist are an American husband and wife team who mesmerize viewers with miniature paintings so exquisitely crafted that they are often mistaken for tiny photographs. Their tiny treasures, as collectors often refer to them, typically measure less than 9 square inches and appear even more detailed when viewed under magnification!<\/p>\n [320right]A hallmark of their work is their ability to convey the feeling of a larger canvass or the essence of the natural world in miniature. \u201cExquisite Miniatures\u201d consists of fifty signature paintings including landscapes, portraits, still lifes, wildlife, and other subjects by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist.<\/p>\n \u201cExquisite Miniatures\u201d by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist, Produced by David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator\/Tour Director; for further information, visit davidjwagnerllc.com and artofwildlife.com. This exhibit is sponsored in part by Clarksville Dental Center.<\/p>\n Our Town: Stories Within Clarksville\u2019s Doorways<\/strong> An exhibition of regional stories featuring photographs and artifacts from our collection, including: the jail, Trinity Episcopal Church, the Court House, the Capitol Theater, and more.<\/p>\n First Thursday Art Walk<\/strong> The museum is open to the public with free admission as part of Downtown Clarksville\u2019s First Thursday Art Walk.<\/p>\n Second Saturday Free Admission: Newly Renovated Family Art Studio<\/strong> The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center is open with free admission from 10:00am to 5:00pm as part of our Second Saturday Free Admission Day!<\/p>\n Join us as we reopen the newly renovated Family Art Studio, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Clarksville. New permanent Creativity Stations are available to families, featuring a 12 foot Lego Wall, light table, and a self-portrait station.<\/p>\n Puppet Theater Special Event<\/strong> Meet puppeteer C. David Elliott and some of his puppet friends at the new Puppet Tree Theater in Explorers\u2019 Landing. C. David is one of the original volunteer model train crew engineers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [320center]<\/p>\n Celebrate Dad! Enjoy 20% off all glass, wood, and metal merchandise in the store throughout the month of June. No other discounts apply..<\/p>\n All activities are free with your museum membership. Non-members pay regular admission fees. For more information contact Ms. Sue at sue@customshousemuseum.org<\/a> or 931.648.5780.<\/p>\n The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center will be open regular hours this June.<\/p>\n
\nJune 1st \u2013 July 1st | Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJune 6th \u2013 August 19th | Jostens Gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMay 15th \u2013 July 29th | The Leaf Chronicle Lobby<\/p>\n
\nMay 19th \u2013 July 27th | Crouch & Orgain Galleries<\/p>\n
\nApril 3rd \u2013 June 24th | Kimbrough Gallery<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nApril 15th \u2013 June 24th | Kimbrough Gallery<\/p>\n
\nFebruary 28th \u2013 September 30th | Memory Lane<\/p>\nActivities<\/h3>\n
\nThursday, June 7th | 5:00pm-7:00pm<\/p>\n
\nSaturday, June 9th<\/p>\n
\nSunday, June 10th | 1:00pm\u20134:00pm<\/p>\nFather\u2019s Day Sale at Seasons: The Museum Store<\/h3>\n
Closings<\/h3>\n
About the Customs House Museum<\/h3>\n